Pet Portrait completed - Katy and Lulu

I have finished Katy and Lulu's portrait today. It is a 16" x 20" graphite pet portrait. Here it is:

Pet portrait in progress

Here is another update on Katy and Lulu. As you can see I have now completed yellow Labrador, Katy and am working on Lulu.

Katy and Lulu - work in progress

I have been away for a week to visit my family and arrived home yesterday. Today I was back to the easel though and continuing with Katy and Lulu's pet portrait. Here is the latest update:

Katy and Lulu - work in progress

I have completed Katy's face today. I will do some more work on this pet portrait today, but I thought I would show you this small update:

And here is a close up showing the detail.

Katy and Lulu update

Today I have been drawing some more of Katy and Lulu's pet portrait. So far I have been concentrating on Katy. Here is the latest update:

Katy and Lulu take 2

Katy and Lulu's pet portrait has been started again, due to their owner being unhappy with the original. Here are two work in progress photographs. The first one has been darkened considerably to show the outline.

Katy and Lulu update

Here is another update on Katy and Lulu's portrait from this afternoon:

Work in progress - Katy and Lulu

I have been working on Katy and Lulu's pet portrait this weekend. I have now finished Katy and will get Lulu completed by the end of the day. Here is the portrait so far:

Katy and Lulu - new graphite portrait

Here is the latest graphite pencil pet portrait that I am currently working on. It is of a labrador retriever and a cat and is 16" x 20". Here is the whole portrait - I had to darken it so the outline would show up.

Here is a close-up of Katy's face

Happy Christmas!

Hope you all had fun and are now looking forward to 2008! Now I won't be spoiling any surprises I can show you some of the pet portraits I completed as Christmas gifts.



These two beautiful yellow labrador's pet portraits were commissioned as gifts for the owners Mum. They went to America. The top one is Lib, the bottom one Biscuit. Both are 10" x 12" graphite portraits.

These two are elderly ladies Whisky and Poppy. They are both Golden Retrievers, which are one of my favourite dog breeds. This portrait is 18" x 24" graphite.

These two are Penny and Harry who took me an embarassingly long time to draw! I find white dogs in graphite really hard to do - I am a bit heavy handed with my shading so find it very difficult to be gentle and keep my tones pale. I'm pleased with how they turned out though and thankfully so was the customer. It's a 16" x 20" graphite portrait.

Millie Finished

I have now finished Millie's pet portrait. She is a stunning Yellow Labrador and has a 16" x 20" graphite Pet Portrait.

Millie

Here is the start of my most recent pet portrait. Millie is a beautiful yellow labrador and is being drawn in graphite, size 16" x 20". The paper is actually off-white, I had to darken the photograph to show the outline clearly.